When my son, Mark, was in the third grade, he saved all his pocket money for over three months to buy holiday presents. The third Saturday in December Mark said he had made his list and had twenty dollars in his pocket.

I drove him to a nearby supermarket. Mark picked up a hand basket and went in while I waited and watched in the car. It took Mark over 45 minutes to choose his presents. Finally he came to the checkout counter (交款处) and reached into his pocket for his money. It was not there! There was a hole in his pocket, but no money. Mark stood there holding his basket, tears falling down his face.

Then a surprising thing happened. A woman came up to Mark and took him in her arms. "You would help me a lot if you let me pay for you," said the woman. "It would be the most wonderful gift you could give me. I only ask that one day you will pass it on. When you grow up, I would like you to find someone you can help. When you help others, I know you will feel as good about it as I do now."

Mark took the money, dried his tears and ran back to the checkout counter as fast as he could. That year we all enjoyed our gifts almost as much as Mark enjoyed giving them to us.

I would like to say '"thank you" to that very kind woman, and tell her that four years later, Mark went house to house collecting blankets (毯子) and clothes for the homeless people in the fire. And I want to promise her that Mark will never forget to keep passing it on.

46. When did the story probably happen?

A. On Christmas Day.              B. After New Year's Day.

C. Before Christmas Day.           D. On New Year's Day.                                  

47. When they got to the supermarket, Mark went in_____ .

A. with the writer                  B. by himself

C. with the woman                 D. with his friends

48. What happened to Mark in the supermarket?

A. His gifts were stolen.             B. He broke his basket.

C. He lost his money.               D. He lost his way.

49. Why did the writer want to say '’thank you" to the woman?

A. Because she bought Mark a nice present.

B. Because she always paid money for others.

C. Because she taught Mark to help people in need.

D. Because she collected clothes for the homeless.

50. What's the best title for this passage?

A. A big supermarket                     B. A kind woman

C. A happy family                       D. A wonderful gift

One spring morning a rich man went to the bank. Next to the bank was a beautiful park with a small pond in it. _31___ he went home, he walked in the park. He was very troubled to see that the park was very __32__. There was trash everywhere.

Suddenly, something caught his eye. He saw a child throw a plastic ___33_ into the pond. He was very sad to see this.

The man had an idea. He ___34_ up a dirty, white bag from the ground. Then he put some __35___ in it and wrote a note. He put the bag on the ground _36____ some beautiful red flowers. Then he sat down and __37__. 

Many people___38__ to look at the beautiful flowers. Everyone complained about the trash, but no one picked any of it up. "It's not __39__ to put trash in a trash can. Why are people so __40__?" said one person. "Why doesn't someone take away this trash?" said another.

The rich man was not happy to hear this, __41__ he waited and waited. Then, two girls stopped to look at the flowers.

"Aren't these flowers beautiful?" one said.

"Yes, they are," _42____ said. "They'd be more beautiful _43___ this bag of trash weren't here." She picked up the white bag and was ___44__ to see a note, which said: "This bag has money in it, not trash. I'm glad to _45____ it to the person who cares about clean parks."

31. A. After      B.Since     C. Then       D. Before

32.A. small      B.dirty      C.big         D.clean

33.A.bag        B.pen       C.present      D.book

34.A.waited for  B.looked over  C. found out  D.picked up

35.A.words     B.food      C.money       D.trash

36.A.near       B.off       C.through      D.over

37.A. helped    B.waited   C.went          D.left

38.A hated     B.enjoyed    C.stopped      D.wanted

39.A.hard     B.easy     C.close           D.comfortable

40.A.tired     B.strong    C.young         D.lazy

41.A.or       B.but       C.for           D.as

42.A.others    B.some     C.the other      D.another

43.A. if       B.unless    C.until          D.though

44.A.angry    B.upset     C.worried       D.surprised

45.A borrow   B.give     C.find           D.lend

----I’m sorry to keep you waiting for me so long.

-----________.

A. I don’t think so　 B. It doesn’t matter C. Don’t say so D.I’d love to

 I don’t understand the story though there are_____ new words in it.

  A. few       B.little         C. a few       D. a little

----_______ beautiful your dress is! When did you buy it?

----Yesterday.

A. How　　 B. How a　　 　 C. What　 　 D.What a

Tim is _____ that nobody likes him.

   A. so a lazy boy   B. such a lazy boy      C. so lazy boy     D. such lazy boy

----Can you____me some money?

---- No way. You haven’t given the money back you _____last month.

A. lend, lent　 　B.borrow; borrowed　 　C. borrow; lent 　D.lend; borrowed

---- Are you tired, Ken?

---- Yes. You know, I _____ for almost 12 hours!

A. have been working　 B. am working C. had worked　 D. will work

 I don’t know where Ann is. She ______ in her grandmother’s.

   A. must    B. may be   C. maybe   D. must be

_____ was fun to watch the people skate on the ice in the park.

    A. It        B. That      C. What     D. One